The first people in Oldham receive their vaccine and dream of a summer of cricket and normality after coronavirus is finally hit for six
direct to your inboxThe elderly and NHS workers expressed their joy today when they became the first people in Oldham to receive the coronavirus vaccine.About 250 people received their jab at Greenbank Medical Practice on Tuesday as the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are being delivered across the country."The administration takes longer than the vaccine," joked Bernard McLaughlin, 82, after a nurse had asked a number of preliminary questions: has he had another vaccine in the last seven days?; has he been part of any previous vaccine trial?; has he ever had a serious allergic reaction which required adrenaline?He answers 'no' to each question and a moment later it's all done.The grandfather admits later: "Everybody